Your Impact
Thank you! Your gifts make an impact on Fordham and our students.

For generations, students have come to Fordham with a desire to make a difference—to serve others and become leaders in addressing the defining issues of our age.
The 2022–2023 academic year proved no different, thanks in part to your generosity.
Your gifts help Fordham offer students rigorous academics, world-class internship and research opportunities, and countless campus and cultural experiences in the heart of New York City. Your gifts also help us ensure that every student feels an empowering sense of belonging and purpose on campus.
Your Impact in Their Own Words
Here are some of the amazing things we are accomplishing thanks to your generous support.
Creating a Space for Students to Thrive
Your gifts helped complete the second phase of the McShane Campus Center expansion: an airy, sun-filled arcade. The new campus center exemplifies cura personalis, or “care of the whole person”—mind, body, and soul.
In this expansive, revitalized space, students socialize and study with friends, receive guidance at the Career Center, engage with their spirituality at Campus Ministry, and stay active at the new Ram Fit Center.
Fueling Students' Dreams
Your support helps fuel Fordham students’ dreams through various programs and initiatives, including the Fordham Foundry, the University’s hub for innovation and entrepreneurship. Open to alumni and all students, no matter their school or major, the Foundry helps aspiring entrepreneurs start viable, sustainable companies that often meet social needs as well.
Your gifts also support the Serving the City program, which provides paid internships—exclusively for Fordham College at Rose Hill and Fordham College at Lincoln Center students—to help undergraduates gain meaningful professional experience at nonprofits throughout the city.
Connecting STEM with the Humanities
With expanded resources in STEM, including the recent addition of a biochemistry major, our students are exploring the fascinating intersections of STEM and Fordham’s strengths in the humanities. Thanks to the creation of funds like the Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J., Endowed Fund for Theology & the Earth, for example, students are conducting interdisciplinary research to help advance environmental protection.
Inspiring 'Rose Thrill'
With increased donor and fan support, the men’s basketball Rams, led by first-year head coach Keith Urgo, reached heights not seen for 30 years. Students packed the gym, creating a standing-room-only, loud, competitive atmosphere that caught the attention not only of Urgo but also of visiting teams and the media, culminating in an exciting appearance in the Atlantic 10 semifinals.
Supporting Our LGBTQ+ Students
Your gifts have created new momentum throughout the University to further initiatives that support LGBTQ+ students’ personal, academic, and spiritual experiences at Fordham and beyond, through programming like the Prism Retreat and Ignatian Q Conference.